Creamy Orange Tapioca With Pears |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes |
Ready In: 10 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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This is very creamy and delicious. Great recipe when pears are in season. Ingredients:
1 egg |
1/3 cup sugar |
1/8 tsp salt |
1 1/2 cups milk |
3 tbsp quick cooking tapioca |
2 tbsp grated orange rind |
1 cup whipping cream, whipped |
1 tsp vanilla |
poached pear ingredients |
toasted slivered almonds (optional) |
1 cup sugar |
1 cup water |
2 tbsp lemon juice |
2 tsp vanilla |
3 large pears |
Directions:
1. Combine egg, sugar and salt in a saucepan.
2. Beat them together with a wooden spoon until blended.
3. Stir in milk, tapioca and orange rind.
4. Let stand t minutes.
5. Set over moderate heat and cook until mixture comes to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly.
6. Turn down heat and continue cooking and stirring 1 minute more. Remove from heat and cool.
7. Whip cream and fold into tapioca mixture along with vanilla.
8. Pour into bowl and chill well.
9. Spoon chilled mixture into sherbert glasses at serving time. top each serving with a poached pear half and sprinkle with toasted almonds.
10. Poached Pears
11. Combine sugar and water in saucepan and bring to a boil.
12. Add lemon juice and vanilla.
13. Peel pears and cut in half.
14. Remove stems and seeds.
15. Drop into the boiling sugar syrup and simmer 3 minutes or until just beginning to get tender.
16. Cool in syrup and chill well.
17. Lift out of syrup with a slotted spoon and use as directed.
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